New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-06
TRADES- UNIONISM BURYING DEMOCRACY.

TR4DES- UNIONISM BURYING DEMOCRACY.
The Western elections tell the story. The
only genuine labor party, the party which has
protected for twenty-five years all American
labor, organized or unorganzed, white or black,
in shops or on farms, achieves in Western
cities the victory which IL would have gained
in New-Yorls had Republican voters adhered
manfully to their convictions. in Philadelphia
they refused TO regard Trades Union party as
better labor party than the party Of protcc-
ton, and victory by phenomenal majority was
the result In Cincinnati the candidates Of the
Trades Union party were worthy, but the heavy
vote polled for them buried the Democratic
party, while leaving the Republicans about
their usual majority on all candidates except
Mayor. In Chicago the Democratic party is
broken all to pieces by the attempt Of Dem
ocratic leader to transfer it's votes to the can
didate of the Trades Unionists and the An
archists, and an overwhelming Republican vic
tory results. 1t Is not the success Of few
candidates for local Offices that gives these
elections most Of their Importance though the
control Of city governments will help to pre-
vent frauds in coming Presidential and Con-
grcssional elections. The Republican Mayor is
elected in Cincinnati by slender plurality, but
all the other candidates on the ticket succeed
by about the usual majority, while dispatch
to Democratic journal lugubriously reports
"The Democrats have not elected man
in the city anywhere" That is the keynote
of this chorus. In the great cities where
Democratic majortics have so often been man.
ufacturcd to order by fraud or by artful ap
peals to prejudice, the Democratic party is well
nigh wiped out Of existence by the Trades
Union organization.
Every Northern State is Republican beyond
question. when Democratic majorities in few
largo cities arc neutralizcd Outside Of New
York and Brooklyn, this State is Republican
by 10000 or more outside of Hudson County.
New Jersey was Republican at the last cleo
ton outside Of Ncw-Havcn and Hartford, Con-
nccticut gives a sure Republican plurality. and
outside of Boston's 5000, Massachusetts, is
never in doubt; Ohio has never been in dispute
except for the vote Of few cities. In
dianapolis has been the one point Of danger to
the Republicans in Indiana, Detroit In Mich-
gan. and Chicago in Illinois. The farming
districts and small manufacturing towns
throughout the country as rule give Rcpub-
lican maj0rties. If Trados-Union party de-
stroys Democratic asccndancy In few great
cities, it destroys the Democratic party in
Northern States.
The Trades-Union leaders hope TO extend
their party organization 10 tho rural districts
They reason that they can compel the Dem
ocratic party organization to get out OF their
way defeated in the cities, 1t is helpless every
where at the North, and may as well go into
liquidation. Then its leaders will transfer its
votes to the Tradcs-Union organization, as
they tried TO do in Cincinnati and Chicago, the
Trades Unionist calculates. So far they are
not much mistaken. But when they go into
the rural districts there they find no DEM
ocratio vote that can be transferred. There
the Democratic farmers are not to be used as
catspaws. and win support Republican rather
than O Trades Union ticket, Break the DEM